sorry Candide nothing saintly about Abbott unless you are comparing him with Rudd, Gillard, Thomson, Slipper etc. All are born in sin including you and me.

no runner, anyone who has seen a baby knows that the idea that a baby is sinful is just perverted.

P,

For someone that posts "nyuk nyuk nyuk" you are certainly in no position to lecture anyone on maturity.

Secondly, for someone that has simply ignored all the blatant abuses of travel allowances by labor party MPs you are in no position to demand anything.

The prime example of the Poly pedal charity events that Abbott gave up his time to organize and compete in raised millions for charities and organisations to help the community, while Juliar and Dudd swan around in the private jet with a press entourage for photo ops at schools etc to promote a party political agenda. Which is more official business?

What hypocrites you are.

' the Poly pedal charity events that Abbott gave up his time to organize and compete in raised millions for charities and organisations to help the community '

We could all raise money for charity if someone else was paying for staff to do the organising (of course TA didn't do it himself) and all the costs are met by someone else. That isn't genuine charity, its hypocrisy: its just taking the credit for someone else's effort and expense; it's mocking the people who actually do put in the work, and put their hands into their own pockets, not ours.

Candida,

What sanctimonious drivel.

Abbott was one of the founders of the pollie pedal which has raised nearly $3m for charity, and which is run and ridden almost exclusively by Liberal MPs. While the state has contributed to some airfares and some accommodation, there has been no payment for any the expenses involved in the ride itself, most of which occurs over weekends.

This also enable the pollies to stop and interact with many smaller communities that otherwise would never see any of their elected officials. Abbott is involved in volunteer fire fighting, surf rescue, and a host of other charity and community organisations, whereas the finger wagging left whingers sit on their backsides and are never caught actually practising what they preach.

As I said before, this costs the tax payer a lot less than Juliar and Dudd swanning around in the PMs jet for photo ops that are purely to push party political agendas.

http://www.independentaustralia.net/2013/politics/tony-abbotts-dodgy-pollie-pedal-expense-claims/

As I said, its easy to be generous with other people's money.

And do stop wittering on about other examples of rorting as though they excuse Abbott. They are all at fault.